Preschool Information

Welcome

The preschool years are full of wonder as children discover the world around them and their place within that world. Cypress Christian Preschool combines a fun learning environment with foundational skills to start kids on a path to success. We are committed to providing your family the best possible care during the most formative years of your child's life. Our preschool is a privately owned and operated facility. We are licensed by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services and offer a preschool program for children ages three through five.

Our educational philosophy is based on the belief that early Christian education provides an essential part of the development and growth of an individual. Therefore, it is our desire to guide and nurture each child by providing learning experiences in the areas of spiritual, social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and language development.

It is our goal that as an atmosphere of Christian love surrounds the children, they will develop attitudes that will enable them to reach their full God-given potential in each area of development.

If you have any questions or would like to schedule a tour, please contact our director, Lisa Kaltenbach.
(614)878-8803
lisak@cypressschools.tv

Daily Schedule (Example)

8:20am - 8:30am	Arrival and Table Activity
8:45am	Welcome Circle Time
9:00am	Special Activity (Chapel, Science, etc...)
9:15am	Centers and Learning Activities
9:45am	Restroom Break
10:05am	Snack Time
10:25am	Story Time
10:45am	Gym or Playground
11:05am	Closing Circle Time/Pack-Up Belongings
11:15am - 11:30am	Dismissal

Curriculum

As a licensed ODJFS preschool, we have developed our curriculum in compliance with the Early Learning and Development Standards created by the Ohio Department of Education and the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The list below represents a small portion of what is included in our curriculum and student assessments.

Approaches to Learning	Social & Emotional Development	Cognitive Development
Engages in new and unfamiliar experiences and activities. Completes activities with increasingly complex steps. Persists in completing a task with increasing concentration. Persists in completing a task with increasing concentration.	Develops understanding of emotions. Begins to manage emotions and actions. Develops secure, trusting relationships with adults. Develops socially competent behaviors with peers.	Develops the ability to recall information about objects, people and past experiences. Demonstrates increasing ability to think symbolically. Develops ability to be flexible in own thinking and behavior.
Mathematics	Language and Literacy	Physical Development and Wellness
Develops understanding of the stable order of the counting sequence and learns to recite numbers in order. Develops understanding of one-to-one correspondence and cardinality. Develops ability to subitize small quantities. Develops understanding of number relationships and operations. Develops ability to recognize and name written numerals. Develops knowledge of measurement to compare and describe objects. Develops the ability to sort. Develops understanding of patterns. Develops ability to recognize shapes and their attributes. Develops understanding of spatial relationships.	Develops and expands understanding of vocabulary and concepts. Communicates using increasingly complex language. Participates in conversations with increasing application of turn-taking skills. Develops comprehension of read-aloud text. Develops awareness of initial sounds of some words. Develops understanding of rhyme. Develops knowledge of print organization. Draws and writes using increasingly sophisticated grasp. Develops knowledge of the alphabet.	Develops competency in a variety of locomotor and non-locomotor skills. Demonstrates developing control of fundamental fine motor skills, including hand-eye coordination. Develops oral motor skills. Uses senses to guide movement and interactions with objects and other people. Develops knowledge about the body, its parts and how it functions. Demonstrates personal health and self-care practices with increasing independence. Participates in preferred physical activities and develops understanding that being physically active is healthy. Demonstrates increasing understanding of safety practices and behaviors.
Science	Social Studies	Creative Development
Develops ability to reason about cause and effect.	Develops a basic understanding of needs and wants. Develops understanding that everyone has rights and responsibilities within a group.	Expresses individuality, life experiences, knowledge and ability through a variety of art media.

Chapel

We want every child who attends Cypress Christian Preschool to gain knowledge of God through His Word and experience God's goodness through the world around them to discover God's purpose for their lives. Students attend chapel as a class as part of their regular school day. Parents (and siblings) are encouraged and welcome to attend to as well.

Creative Explorers

Creative Explorers is an extra class that is offered to our preschoolers as an extension to what they are doing in their classrooms every day. Creative Explorers will run on Fridays from 9:00am-10:30am. We will offer three sessions of Creative Explorers (fall, winter and spring). Each session will run for six weeks and will cost $120.

Field Trip

Every September, our preschool classes take a field trip to The Orchard & Co. in Plain City, OH. There is NO SCHOOL the day of the field trip. Parents and guardians will meet us at the orchard and must chaperone their student for the duration of the trip.

PTO

The impact the PTO has for students, families, and teachers is second to none and we are blessed to have a wonderful PTO who helps plan events and build connections! We would love to have you get involved in some of the PTO sponsored events. Past events have included:

Donut Day/Grandparent Event
Lunch for Parent-Teacher Conferences
Spring Book Fair
Chapel Service Project
Teacher Appreciation Week
Summer Picnic

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